Reviews

The Lay of Lilyfinger by G. V. Anderson

cosmogyral's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

blackmetalblackheart's review

4.0

For a short story, The Lay of Lilyfinger has a depth and identity that many novels could only hope to achieve. Ultimately, it is a story of sacrifice for the sake of passion, of growing up and being willing to learn, of passing on those lessons to others (both good and bad). And all of it is done with a clear voice and a skillful hand. I look forward to future works from G.V. Anderson.

abception's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

mayaccountant's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

grinchem's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

kotabee's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

leovanr's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

burningdarkfire's review

4.0

I struggled to get into The Lay of Lilyfinger - I started and stopped it no less than five separate times before finally diving in properly and I'm quite glad I did. The amount of work in such a short story is absolutely formidable. The Lay of Lilyfinger has such a vivid image of its world and such clarity of theme (diaspora, homesickness, the culture we pass on through our language and our traditions and our very own blood and flesh). Beautiful work.

keu482's review

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This story to me is about how a colonial force can change different cultures and how those cultures can have different needs in healing themselves. The class between all the different characters helped them grow and it was neat how many fantasy races could be fleshed out in such a small space. I would love to read more about this world